A comprehensive guide to our services, capabilities and resources

Association Edition

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Inquisit Overview...............................................................................3

CE Management .................................................................................4

Application Fees .................................................................................6

Motivational Speaker .........................................................................7

Additional Value to Your Customers ...................................................8

Social Media ....................................................................................10

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Participation and ActivityInquisit works with over 25 organizations and associations in a CE co-sponsorship relationship. This includes Hospital Associations, Education and Health Care Organizations. Last year 9,812 learners participated in 223 activities where Inquisit served as a CE co-sponsor.

Inquisit has the “in” on all the latest resources for health care continuing education (CE). Today, there is an overabundance of information available at your fingertips. But that doesn’t make it the right information. Work with Inquisit in a CE co-sponsorship arrangement and discover exceptional customer service by adult educators who know and understand the complexities of health care continuing education accreditation.

Whatever your focus in the health care industry, you can feel confident that Inquisit will exceed your needs. When it comes to health care education, get “in” with Inquisit.

Informative. Innovative. Indispensable.Inquisit offers convenient solutions for continuing education.

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“No request is out of the question and the price is very reasonable. The Inquisit team is responsive and easy to work with — saving our association time and money in providing this service to our members. I have greatly enjoyed the partnership we have established. If you are looking for a provider of continuing education credits I wholeheartedly recommend you contact Inquisit to learn more.”

Jon Borton, MSVice President, Educational ServicesNebraska Hospital Association

“Illinois Hospital Association (IHA) has enjoyed a professional, positive working relationship with Inquisit for the past several years. The Inquisit team is always very helpful and accommodating and unfailingly responsive to IHA staff requests. The CE review system that Inquisit has in place makes the review and approval process extremely user-friendly and quick. The pricing structure is a plus for IHA’s membership as well. Inquisit is an all-around valued corporate relationship.”

Lori Contreras, RPAAssistant Vice President of OperationsIllinois Hospital Association

CE ManagementInquisit is committed to creating innovative, informational and interesting educational experiences for health care professionals. We understand that many organizations offer quality educational activities, but lack the financial or human resource needs to meet the requirements of CE accreditation. Let Inquisit bring you “in” to an experienced process for your CE management. Your customers will immediately see the value, and you will immediately be recognized as an organization dedicated to continuing the professional education of your customers.

Inquisit is a nationally accredited continuing education provider for pharmacists, nurses, nursing home administrators, health care executives, dietitians, laboratory professionals and many more. We offer experienced joint sponsorship and collaboration opportunities to our Education Partners. Additionally, Inquisit is pleased to offer experienced joint sponsorship and collaboration services for our non-accredited education partners.

Inquisit’s educators are always ready to assist your organization with a wide range of educational services, including but not limited to:

• Needs assessment

• Faculty conflict of interest disclosure and resolution

• Agenda and content development and validation

• Certificate processing, records retention and data storage

• Evaluation summaries and attendance reporting

• Outcomes measurement

• Repurposing of content into enduring materials formats (Internet, CD-ROM, printed monograph)

• Custom Electronic CE Portals for easy submission by learners

“The CE process can be a rocky road to travel, which is why we rely so much on the Inquisit team. As corporate event planners that organize several annual health care conferences, we’ve worked with several CE vendors over the past 8 years. But we’ve never experienced anything close to the level of expertise and dedication that Inquisit provides. Any question, issue or request is handled at lightning speed. They are flexible, open to new approaches to collecting CE info and focused on providing exemplary customer service to our direct client, the conference attendee and us.”

“Over the years, Inquisit has helped my team learn the ever-changing twists and turns of the CE process, and we’ve been able to share that knowledge with our clients. In other words, Inquisit makes us look good. Inquisit is the perfect CE partner for Perfect PlanIt.”

Traci BorschPresidentPerfect PlanIt

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Accreditation Services

Inquisit is an experienced and trusted CE provider. We are currently on a six year accreditation cycle with the ACPE and an Accreditation with Distinction honoree by ANCC, the highest recognition awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

We also offer CE activity application and approval services for the following disciplines:

AAPC – American Academy of Professional Coders

AARC – American Association for Respiratory CareProfessionals

ACF – American Culinary Federation

AHIMA – American Health Information Management Association

ASHRM – American Society for Health Care Risk Management

ASRT – American Society of Radiologic Technologists

CBDM – Certifying Board of Dietary Managers

CCMC – Commission for Case Manager Certification

CDR – The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

CPHQ – Certified Professional in Health Care Quality

CLE – Continuing Legal Education Board

CMLE (ASCP) – American College of Clinical Pathologists for Laboratory Professionals

HIMSS – Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society

IAHCSMM – The International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management

ISM – Institute for Supply Management

NAB – National Association of Board of Examiners for Nursing Home Administrators

NASBA (CPE) – National Association of State Boards of Accountancy

NBCC – National Board for Certified Counselors

P.A.C.E.® (ASCLS) – American Society of Clinical Laboratory Sciences

PHR & SPHR – Professional in Human Resources and Senior Professional in Human Resources

NASW – National Association of Social Workers Board

Additional application/approval services available upon request.

Learning activities developed by Inquisit are:

• Tailored to fit the needs of adult learners and the target audience

• High in quality with scientifically valid content

• Responsive to advances in medicine and current health care needs

• Fair-balanced and unbiased when involving commercial support

• Oriented to outcomes that will advance lifelong practice skills

Capabilities:

• Inquisit is a full-service CE provider. In the process of providing educational and joint sponsorship opportunities, Inquisit is professional in manner and dedicated to execution with quality

• Inquisit creates, accredits, produces and delivers educational programs and associated materials

• Inquisit provides step-by-step guidance through each project

• Inquisit designs required forms, needed charts, appropriate policies, professional certificates and innovative communication strategies

• Inquisit will provide prompt responses to your inquiries and will meet your timelines with quality execution

• Inquisit is working with the Executive Speakers Bureau to develop a Speaker’s Toolkit that will streamline the process to obtain needed CE information and documents for many hospital associations

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Application Fees and Lead Time Needed

Item Description Abbreviation Lead Time Cost

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics for Dietitians CDR 6 weeks $50

Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education ACPE 30 days $0

American Academy of Professional Coders AAPC 6 weeks $150

American Association for Respiratory Care Professionals AARC 6 weeks

1-3 hours: $1203.1-8 hours: $125

8.1-13 hours: $13013.1-21 hours: $145

American College of Clinical Pathologists for Laboratory Professionals CMLE (ASCP) 1 week $0

American Society of Clinical Laboratory Sciences P.A.C.E.

Qualified Education American College of Health Care Executives ACHE 1 week $0

American Nurses Credentialing Centers ANCC 30 days $0

American Society for Health Care Risk Management ASHRM 6 weeks $150-$300

American Society for Radiologic Technologies ASRT 6 weeks $45/day

Commission for Case Management CCMC 6 weeks $100

Continuing Legal Education Board CLE 6 weeks State specificApprox. $150

Health Care Information and Management Systems Society HIMSS 6 weeks $100/hour

Institute for Supply Management ISM 1 week $0

National Association of Board of Examiners for Nursing Homes NAB

Requires your organization to apply for yearly sponsor status. $250/year plus per activity

fee based on length of activity. Lead time is 4 weeks.

National Association of Health Care Quality CPHQ CE 6 weeks $100-$230

National Association of State Boards of Accountancy NASBA (CPE) 4 weeks $100

National Board for Certified Counselors, Inc. NBCC 1 week $0

Professional in Human Resources & Senior Professional in Human Resources PHR & SPHR 6 weeks $60s

Social Work NASW 7 weeks $200-$325

Inquisit is a CE provider for over 30 health care professions. This chart outlines the most frequently requested accreditations, with the application fee and the needed time for application submission prior to event date. If you are interested in an accreditation not listed, please contact Inquisit at info@inquisit.org.

Dee Morgillo, MEd., MT(ASCP) is vice president of Inquisit, Amerinet’s strategic education partner. With more than 30 years of working in health care, Dee is committed to furthering adult education in this field. She is able to make a personal connection with her audience, and knows exactly what messages are most important to this industry today.

An inspiring and enthusiastic public speaker, Dee makes every presentation enlightening, dynamicand fun. Her creativity gets the audience involved and immersed into every topic, every time.

Below we’ve listed her most sought-after high-impact presentation topics. However, we’ll gladly tailor one that fits your specific needs and goals.

• Passion: “So You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling”– This motivational presentation will explore tips to reignite your passion for your job and how to, once again, feel excited about your career and the contributions you make to your organization.

• Effective Communications: “It’s Not You, It’s Me” – This fun, interactive presentation will help you define what type of communicator you are, and will guide you on delivering difficult messages and communication strategies for different individuals.

• Talent: “Unmask Your Gift and Unleash Your Potential”– This discussion will suggest ideas on how to find your hidden gift (if you lost it), unleash that gift, and share it with the world… or at least with yourself and your organization. You have it! Now unmask it!

• Focus: “Suddenly… the Hinges Start to Unhitch” – This session will explore how to make a bad day better as all hinges start to unhitch and your focus starts to pitch. Your customers (all of them – patients/families and co-workers) deserve your focus. Most importantly, this session will feature tips on how we can share our experiences and ideas with each other, because with teamwork all tasks become easier than if you travel any road alone.

To schedule Dee Morgillo for your next event, please contact Gretchen Bacco at 800-865-1496 ext. 7226 or baccog@inquisit.org.

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Motivational Speaker for Your Event

“Dee Morgillo’s well-developed and lively presentation keeps the attendees engaged and challenges the audience to make a difference. Her positive and inspiring attitude clearly resonated with her message. What a great motivator!”

Sister Mary Louise Jundt, OSFAssistant Administrator/HR/Director of DevelopmentSt. Gerald’s Community Nursing HomeHankinson, ND

Additional Value for Your CustomersOnline Programs, Partners, Resource Centers

Inquisit makes learning convenient

As a working professional, you have very little free time. So that’s why Inquisit has designed a full set of activities that you can take online. Inquisit’s online programs provide health care education at your convenience – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

Learning-On-Demand

Inquisit’s Learning-On-Demand service is exactly as it states – take the programs you want, exactly when you want them. With this option, you can choose from more than 130 specialty programs and you can get Continuing Education credits at your own pace. To make this service even more appealing, each Learning-On-Demand program is available for a very low price.

Ask for handout materials, references and resources, and the ability to communicate with faculty, and Inquisit will make it happen. You’ll also be provided with audio, slides and note-taking capability. Learning-On-Demand is an immediate solution for your continuing education needs.

Podcasts

Inquisit gives you the option of “learning on the go.” Sign up for one of Inquisit’s podcast series and you can download the entire collection to review at your convenience. You can listen to it on your computer, or upload the file to your MP3 player and listen to it on the go. Inquisit’s podcasts offer the health care information you need – delivered how you want it.

Inquisit is “in” with all the right partners.With a shared mission of furthering the growth and development of health care professionals through educational seminars, Inquisit works with partners in the health care field to offer the most up-to-date information from the most knowledgeable experts in the business.

Resource Centers

Comprehensive information is just a click away when you visit our in-depth Resource Centers.Inquisit compiled an extensive directory of organizations that can provide you with additional education – white papers, articles, videos and tools – to further your knowledge on specific health care topics. Here’s where you can find all you need to know about Accountable Care Organizations, Food and Nutrition, Quality and much more!

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“Inquisit not only provides excellent quality content, but stellar personal and professional customer service.”

Milo D. Huempfner, CHC | Chief Compliance & Ethics OfficerWalanae Coast Comprehensive Health CenterWalanae, Hawaii

Specialized Programs

Inquisit provides needs-based, quality content. Thoughtfully created programs make educating health care professionals a streamlined, simpler process. Regardless of your background, Inquisit offers the quality content you need – delivered how you want it.

Materials Management Learning Institute

Inquisit developed a specialized program for health care professionals in the purchasing and supply chain industry. We understand all the planning and vigilance that goes in to this particular aspect of health care, and can offer support with our proprietary Materials Management Learning Institute (MMLI). The MMLI was created to help strengthen and assist professionals who are responsible for their organization’s supply chain. The program reviews information and methods for dealing with the constant changes and financial pressures that are common in supply chain management. The goal is to help you streamline processes, resulting in a better bottom line.

The newly updated, 90-minute modules are offered via Learning-On-Demand so participants can receive instructional education at their convenience – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Learn about the important supply chain issues facing health care providers, including:

Purchasing Concepts and Controls/Contracting/Negotiations Speaker: Michael B. Neely, FAHRMM, CMRP, CPM

Upgrading Your Inventory Management Capabilities Speaker: Vicki Smith-Daniels, Ph.D.

Using Value Analysis and Metrics to Sustain Savings: Turning Small Change into Big Bucks Speaker: Laura Wood, MSN, Ph.D.

Strategic Leadership Speaker: Patricia Klancer, MHA, CMRP, FCPHM

Financial Management I (Capital Budgets) Speaker: Myron D. Hartman, MS, SASHE, CCE, CBET, CRES

Financial Management II (Operating Budget) Speaker: Myron D. Hartman, MS, SASHE, CCE, CBET, CRES

Information Technology and the Supply Chain Speaker: John Grimm, MBA

For more information and to register, visit www.inquisit.org/MMLI.

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Inquisit.orgGet in-depth information delivered in intuitive ways.

For more information on all the tools, programs and support you need to further your education in health care, get “in” with Inquisit at www.inquisit.org.

• Access live online support

• Subscribe to receive invitations to upcoming programs

• Subscribe to follow Inquisit on Twitter

• Utilize the Now Featuring section which highlights hot topics and resource centers

Social MediaInquisit ’s presence on social networks helps to build a community of health care professionals focused on professional growth and continuing education.

Like us if you’re “in”: Like Inquisit’s Facebook page for updates on classes, speakers and more.

Keep “in” touch: Follow Inquisit on Twitter for the latest news and updates via tweets.

Get linked “in”: Join Inquisit’s LinkedIn community for health care education and information.

Blog: The “Dee-Mystify” blog is an “edu-taining” way to understand the world of health care education.

Mobile: Download Inquisit’s free app to your mobile device for an easy way to find and select the continuing education programs you need – even when you’re on the go.

“The Indiana Hospital Association has worked exclusively with Inquisit for the past three or four years to offer much needed continuing education credit for our members. The process is turnkey and very cost effective. I have thoroughly enjoyed working with Inquisit. The team is extremely responsive and provides all of the information that is needed to assure a seamless result. I cannot imagine trying to coordinate this education for our members internally without using Inquisit.”

Cathleen A. Arnold | Director of Member ServicesIndiana Hospital Association